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US 2008/0189683 A1Published application
Direct Access of Language Metadata
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsBruce Payette, George Xie, Jonathan M. Rowlett, Lee Holmes, Jeffrey P. Snover, Jim Truher
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Abstract
Method and system for direct access of language metadata are disclosed. In an implementation, the method includes receiving commands from a user to modify language metadata of a programming language. The metadata is modified based on the command and the modified metadata is utilized as a feature in the programming language at runtime.
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A computing device comprising:
- a memory;
- one or more processors operatively coupled to the memory;
- a compiler coupled to the one or more processors and memory generates an output program;
- an interpreter that executes the output program;
- and
- a language metadata provider that provides metadata requirements for the compiler and interpreter.
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A compiler comprising:
- a parse engine configured to receive input script;
- a standard language grammar module that defines features of a programming language of the input script;
- an active profile module that defines a sequence of namespaces;
- and
- a language metadata provider that provides metadata requirements for the compiler.
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A method comprising:
- receiving commands to modify language metadata of a programming language;
- modifying the language metadata at runtime based on the commands;
- and
- utilizing the language metadata as a feature at runtime.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.